{"id":581213,"date":"2026-09-25T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=581213"},"modified":"2026-09-25T11:05:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T08:05:37","slug":"reactive-geran-4-drone-crashes-in-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/reactive-geran-4-drone-crashes-in-moldova","title":{"rendered":"Reactive Geran-4 Drone Crashes in Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Moldovan police have identified the type of drone that exploded in the country&#8217;s Briceni district. Its wreckage was discovered on Sept. 24.<\/p>\n<p>According to information released by police this morning, it was most likely a Geran-4 jet-powered drone. Police found a jet engine, parts of the wings with servomotors and ailerons. Many of the components are marked \u201cGeran-4.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to preliminary information, the drone exploded at an altitude of about 10 meters after colliding with trees. The blast damaged trees within a radius of about 25 meters.<\/p>\n<p>On Sept. 24, Moldova\u2019s Defense Ministry reported that four objects had crossed the country\u2019s airspace in the morning. Border guards found the drone wreckage in the evening, 1.7 km from the state border.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581084\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581084\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581084 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/819194134_1100931735733686_3056333430511501997_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/819194134_1100931735733686_3056333430511501997_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/819194134_1100931735733686_3056333430511501997_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/819194134_1100931735733686_3056333430511501997_n-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/819194134_1100931735733686_3056333430511501997_n-450x800.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581084\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Moldovan Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581083\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581083\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/824815449_1332037538824056_7630888525851513302_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/824815449_1332037538824056_7630888525851513302_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/824815449_1332037538824056_7630888525851513302_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/824815449_1332037538824056_7630888525851513302_n-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/824815449_1332037538824056_7630888525851513302_n-450x800.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581083\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Moldovan Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581082\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581082\" style=\"width: 720px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581082 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/821705041_3230184207168774_8478615427692681575_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/821705041_3230184207168774_8478615427692681575_n.jpg 720w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/821705041_3230184207168774_8478615427692681575_n-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/821705041_3230184207168774_8478615427692681575_n-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/821705041_3230184207168774_8478615427692681575_n-450x800.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581082\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Moldovan Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_581081\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-581081\" style=\"width: 1280px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-581081 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825268035_1100975799078399_2020961334112610081_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825268035_1100975799078399_2020961334112610081_n.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825268035_1100975799078399_2020961334112610081_n-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825268035_1100975799078399_2020961334112610081_n-1200x675.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/825268035_1100975799078399_2020961334112610081_n-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-581081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Moldovan Police<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Moldovan police have identified the type of drone that exploded in the country&#8217;s Briceni district. Its wreckage was discovered on Sept. 24. According to information released by police this morning, it was most likely a Geran-4 jet-powered drone. Police found a jet engine, parts of the wings with servomotors and ailerons. Many of the components [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":581212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6ab62b54d63ef.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Reactive Geran-4 Drone Crashes in Moldova"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143094],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-581213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-incident"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=581213"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":581214,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/581213\/revisions\/581214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/581212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=581213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=581213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=581213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}